Press freedom group says Egypt targeting reporters

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Source: AP

The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 26, 2011; 4:56 PM

CAIRO -- An international press freedom group on Wednesday condemned violence against journalists covering anti-government protests in Egypt and called on authorities to release at least seven journalists who it said have been detained.

Among them were an AP Television News cameraman and his assistant arrested by police early Wednesday while they filming clashes between security forces and protesters in central Cairo. An AP photographer was also beaten by a policeman and injured while shooting demonstrations.

The Committee to Protect Journalists said local and international media personnel have been widely targeted and that authorities have shut down the websites of two independent Egyptian newspapers and blocked access to social media Internet sites.

It said at least six journalists from one independent Egyptian daily alone have been beaten, including the managing editor of the paper's English-language edition. Al-Masry Al-Youm's Lina Attalah told CPJ that four policemen pulled her by the hair and kicked her in the face and back.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/26/AR2011012604706.html

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1. The regime is on its last throes

The violence is getting worse